Synodic month length 29.4 days

Length of current 467 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than next lunation 468 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 5 November 2037 Thursday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠9.6°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠9.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠26.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon in perigee

Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 22:15, this is 15 days after last apogee on 21 October 2037 at 07:33 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 17 November 2037 at 21:05 in ♓ Pisces.

Distance to Moon 360 791 km

This perigee Moon is 360 791 km(224 185 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 717 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 565 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon after ascending node

5 days after its ascending node on 30 October 2037 at 16:21 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 November 2037 at 05:59 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

6 days after previous North standstill on 29 October 2037 at 20:04 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.956°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.049° in the next southern standstill on 11 November 2037 at 11:53 in ♑ Capricorn.